Strikes me that he would work well in tandem with another manager if his ego would allow... he would make a great coach, instilling work ethic and developing players alongside a calming influence like El Pell.

Not really my theory, Darby_, son. Plenty of people been saying this about him for some time now.

There were various people on here predicting it would happen to Leeds this year and it looks like it did. I quite like that 3-3-3-1 shape he's supposed to have invented, if you've got the right players. He might well do it next year, but only if he adapts or the division falls away. Sustained success, though ? No chance, not without changing his ways.

One thing that did occurre to me about Bielsa the other day is a parallel with El Pell. Are both overly wedded to an approach that just might not function long term at our level ?

Hopefully, what he did at Villareal and Malaga suggests otherwise, but I'm not entirely convinced.

England ain't Spain, as I've recently noticed. We've also seen clubs that looked better run than ours (don’t they fuckin’ all) – the likes of Swansea and Southampton – try comparable approaches and come properly unstuck.

Things is, I don’t give a toss. I just want to see us play some fucking football, not that anti-sport shite we’ve had to suffer for years under the likes of that fat cunt. And if it all goes tits up, at least we get to see those other three cunts taking it in the arse.